In this irreverent thriller, one man after another threatens to destroy Vanessa's peaceful new life and sets her on a rage-fuelled path towards brutal justice.

There had to be a way to make men understand that she just wanted to be left alone. To understand that she will chop off the hands that hurt her. But how would it work? She couldn’t tell them. To tell them would be to warn them, and to warn them would be to arm them. But was it such a big moral deal? What’s wrong with a little pre-emptive strike now and again? If there’s one of her and one of them… or a gang of them, she cannot just retaliate; she has to initiate.

Meet Vanessa Baines. A woman who is at her wits' end and will stop at nothing to get revenge. A woman who conquers her fear and transforms herself from prey to avenger. Escaping her old life with an abusive boyfriend in London, Vanessa returns to the seaside town where she grew up to lick her wounds and hide away. To live in peace and free of pain and trouble. But things seldom go to plan, and along with the usual menace and threat on the street that women like Vanessa must negotiate, there is the added danger of a killer on the loose — a killer who has already claimed the lives of two women.

For fans of 'How to Kill Your Family' by Bella Mackie and 'How to Kill Men and Get Away With It' by Katy Brent. This is a book for the #MeTooMovement.